Ian Carpenter (ELDOPA1332/DEATH BY EXCESS/FRACAS) Bass/Vocals
Influences
Melvins, Subhumans, Black Sabbath, RBL Possee, Born Against, Black Flag, Brotha Lynch Hung, Buzzov.en, Dead Kennedy's, Bad Brains, Big Black, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Poison Idea, M.D.C., C.O.C., Logical Nonsense, Eyehategod, Alman Bros., ZZ Top, Ohio Players
Sounds Like
Violent diahrea on dilaudid while a train crashes thru your bathroom engineered by a homicidal maniac.
A 3 piece clusterfuck comprised of degenerates from the Oakland, Iowa, and Connecticut. Everything from low B sludge to fist in yer ass punk fury.
A BRIEF HISTORY:
One in the Chamber has existed since 2003 with Bryan Ward (formerly of ELDOPA) on guitar and Colby Byrne on drums. Original bassist Peter Pierce left in late 2005 and Ian Carpenter stepped in to fill in the low end. Peter Pierce then returned and recorded a 7 inch with the band, and then left again. Musicians from other bands such as CRUEVO and EYEHATEGOD have been with them at times, but the core remains Bryan, Colby, Ian.
RELEASES:
Their first full length CD/LP is out on BENEATH THE GALLOWS RECORDS. Copies can be purchased from the band at shows, or by sending $12 well concealed cash to: One in the Chamber P.O. Box 3148 Oakland, CA 94609. Coming in the summer of 2009 is a 7" with 2 new songs recorded by Billy Anderson that will be put out on DIRTY POWER RECORDINGS and PYRATE PUNX RECORDS.
ON THE ROAD:
Fall of 2009 One In The Chamber will be playing every major city on the West Coast.
REVIEWS:
"A caustic five-track dose of pounded rythm, behemoth metallic riffage, and scalding vocals, served rough around the edges to create a very dark, sludgy bombardment that, alternates between mid-tempo chugs of thrash, and brutal, grinding stop. Their first LP since forming in 2003, Oakland's ONE IN THE CHAMBER has played relentlessly in the Bay Area, following the lineage of the members' previous bands DEATH BY EXCESS and ELDOPA/1332. There's the most similarity to ELDOPA/1332 in Bryan's vocals and some of the head-crushing riffs, but there's a considerably more bleak tone from this, (if that was somehow possible). From the longer songwriting that seems to brood on moody, slower passages and churning, banged-out instumental bridges with blunt, to-the-point lyrics barked out about addiction, war, creepy priests, and the torment of addiction. A long-ish intro and outro gives this the feel of '90s records, but instead of a revival or tribute, ONE IN THE CHAMBER offer continuation of the Oakland tradition of soundtracking shows at awesome, run-down, spray-painted warehouses, and community backyard parties filled with punx as your beer warms in your hand, and the waves of bleak, caustic metallic hardcore roll over you. Capturing that mood and feeling makes for a cool debut." - Ken Sanderson, MAXIMUM ROCK N' ROLL 316, September 2009
"...collage of punk, stoner metal, aggresively jazzy wierdness, and everything in between..." - Tony Papainkolas, SF Guardian June 2009
"Pulling from the BAY, this Oakland four-piece is a bare bones metal/punk group. Sounding like a mixture between the Melvins and early ’90s thrashy punk" - 5 Bands To Know … According to Fringe: July 2007 By Fringe Staff
"While most bands these days seem overly concerned with picking the right shows to say yes to and or cultivating an image that actually runs contrary to the truth of who they actually are off stage, One In The Chamber is blunt, in your face, and drenched in truth...we cheered collectively as One In The Chamber rose once more to become one of the best new bands in the Bay Area underground and for once it's not a matter of hype, or a matter of crafting some fake image in order to gets slots on the trendy hardcore shows." - UGZ Magazine issue 16
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